Sounds like he actually quite enjoyed the challenge in the end. But others have been less enthusiastic.

Oscar Isaac last year recalled the abject misery of playing the supervillain Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse.

Cheer up, Oscar (Credit: Fox)

He reckons the extent of the necessary make-up was not fully conveyed to him when he signed up, so the 'excruciating' experience of being 'encased in glue, latex, and a 40 pound suit', which had to have its own cooling system, came as a bit of a shock.

“I had to sit on a specially designed saddle, because that’s the only thing I could really sit on, and I would be rolled into a cooling tent in between takes,” he told GQ.

“And every time I moved, it was just like rubber and plastic squeaking, so everything I said had to be dubbed later as well. And then getting it off was the worst part, because they just had to kind of scrape it off for hours and hours. So, that was X-Men: Apocalypse.”

See, Tom? At least there was no saddle to contend with.

Holland will be back on screen in his Spidey suit on July 2 in Spider-Man: Far From Home.